Clearing up myths about success of charter schools

2:44 PM,
Mar. 1, 2011

Written by

John Sanderson, Canton

The letter writer parrots the popularized - and inaccurate - myth that public schooling is a failed enterprise. Yes, North Carolina's graduation rate is too low. Yes, minority students don't score as well on standardized tests as we would like. Yes, it is expensive to provide children with the education they need and deserve. But taking funding from the regular public schools to create more charter schools will only make meeting these challenges more difficult for the dedicated ...